Nancy Stanlick

American Philosophy: The Basics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

American Philosophy: The Basics introduces the history of American thought from early Calvinists to contemporary social commentators. The key question it asks is: what it is that makes American Philosophy unique? This lively and compelling book moves through the key periods in the development of American thought from the founding fathers to the transcendentalists and pragmatists to contemporary commentators.

Produktdetails

• The Basics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 131mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 216g
• ISBN-13: 9780415689700
• ISBN-10: 0415689708
• Artikelnr.: 33608539

Autorenporträt

Nancy Stanlick is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Genesis of Euro-American Philosophy 3. The
Enlightenment Revolutionaries 4. Beyond the Enlightenment Revolutionaries
5. New England Transcendentalism and the Continuing Spirit of Reform 6. The
Pragmatists 7. Part I Recent Developments in American Philosophy 8. Part II
Recent Developments in American Philosophy Glossary